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Houseplants don’t just look nice – they can also give your mental health a boost
Health

Houseplants don’t just look nice – they can also give your mental health a boost

‘You almost didn’t think it could get worse. But it has’: The workers on the frontline of the cost of living crisis
Cost of living crisis

‘You almost didn’t think it could get worse. But it has’: The workers on the frontline of the cost of living crisis

Conducting the cosmos through the Chandra X-ray Observatory
Space

Conducting the cosmos through the Chandra X-ray Observatory

Gabriel Byrne: ‘Leonard Cohen has been a soundtrack to my life’
Film

Gabriel Byrne: ‘Leonard Cohen has been a soundtrack to my life’

‘There’s no support for us at all’: The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave
Heatwave

‘There’s no support for us at all’: The realities of caring for a disabled child during a heatwave

What it’s like to be an ice cream man on the hottest day ever recorded
Heatwave

What it’s like to be an ice cream man on the hottest day ever recorded

‘We’ve had no sleep and the kids are off school’: Life in crowded rental homes during a 40C heatwave
UK HEATWAVE

‘We’ve had no sleep and the kids are off school’: Life in crowded rental homes during a 40C heatwave

The south London café helping people with learning difficulties into work
Hospitality

The south London café helping people with learning difficulties into work

Willa Fitzgerald on her Watergate thriller 18½: ‘We live in a very different political atmosphere’
Film

Willa Fitzgerald on her Watergate thriller 18½: ‘We live in a very different political atmosphere’

How cities around the world are learning to cope with heatwaves
Heatwave

How cities around the world are learning to cope with heatwaves

‘We all changed the world in our own ways’: How the first London Pride march changed lives
Social Justice

‘We all changed the world in our own ways’: How the first London Pride march changed lives

The next Mick Lynch? As strike action escalates, these are the union leaders you may come to know
Strike action

The next Mick Lynch? As strike action escalates, these are the union leaders you may come to know

Has vegan culture cancelled the cow?
Veganism

Has vegan culture cancelled the cow?

Care leavers campaign for better support: ‘We don’t have a great start in life when we turn 18’
Social Justice

Care leavers campaign for better support: ‘We don’t have a great start in life when we turn 18’

Nurdles: The invisible plastic pollution problem
Nurdles

Nurdles: The invisible plastic pollution problem

Grenfell five years on: Cladding scandal still haunts thousands across UK
Grenfell

Grenfell five years on: Cladding scandal still haunts thousands across UK

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The enduring friendship between George Michael and The Big Issue
music

The enduring friendship between George Michael and The Big Issue

‘I feel stuck’: How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants
cost of living crisis

‘I feel stuck’: How the cost of living crisis is impacting universal credit claimants

‘It’s expensive to be poor’: How the cost of living crisis has impacted food prices
Food poverty

‘It’s expensive to be poor’: How the cost of living crisis has impacted food prices

Beware, playlist connoisseurs – these well-known musicians deleted their own albums from existence
music history

Beware, playlist connoisseurs – these well-known musicians deleted their own albums from existence